Description

System for dating sediment cores by Pb-210 and Cs-137.

Technical specifications

Analysis: Pb-210, Cs-137, Am-241, Cd-109, Co-57, Ra-226 (which is the average of Pb-214 and Bi-214) in sediments by the HPGe method.

Resource person

Guillaume Labrecque
Pavillon Abitibi-Price, 2405, rue de la Terrasse, Local 1202, Université Laval
418.656.2131 poste 404486
guillaume.labrecque@cen.ulaval.ca

Conditions of use

Use by qualified technician only

Description

Apparatus for analyzing the percentage of carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen in a sample.

Technical specifications

CHN analyser; C; H; N; ratio

Resource person

Guillaume Labrecque
Pavillon Abitibi-Price, 2405, rue de la Terrasse, Local 1202, Université Laval
418.656.2131 poste 404486
guillaume.labrecque@cen.ulaval.ca

Conditions of use

Use only by qualified technician

Description

Reference library representing flora of freshwater and marine fossil diatoms and algae as well as chironomids. Collection of more than 500 documents.

Resource person

Claudia Zimmermann
Pavillon Abitibi-Price, Université Laval, Québec, Canada, 2405 rue de la Terrasse, local 1212
(418) 656-2131 poste 5809
claudia.zimmerman@cen.ulaval.ca

Conditions of use

Managed and use under the supervision of Claudia Zimmerman.

Description

Cameras for high resolution photography.

Technical specifications

Equipped with a C-mount interface and a 5 megapixel CDD sensor

Resource person

Martin Lavoie
Pavillon Abitibi-Price, Université Laval, 2405 rue de la Terrasse, local 3107
(418) 656-2131 poste 2230
martin.lavoie@cen.ulaval.ca

Conditions of use

Managed by lab manager.

Description

23 floats – about half financed by Canadian credits, the other half financed by French credits. Autonomous platforms which drift with marine currents, rigged with bio-optical instruments having a range of 3 to 5 years. Maximum depth of operations: 2000 m.

Technical specifications

Lagrangian autonomous platform, AOP and IOP / biogeochemical profiles

Resource person

Guislain Bécu
Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon, 1045, av. de la Médecine, local 2064
418 656 2131, poste 4880
guislain.becu@takuvik.ulaval.ca

Conditions of use

No use by third parties, pilots are associated with the submarine.

Description

Corer can be used as a gravity (0.5m) or percussion corer (1.5m).

Technical specifications

Corer head (piston) with weights, ailerons and plastic tubes for sample collection

Resource person

Jean-François Bernier
Pavilion Abitibi Price, 2405 De la Terrasse, Qc
418-656-2131
jean-francois.bernier.8@ulaval.ca

Description

Vibrating corer that can be used on land or ice (30 m).

Technical specifications

Corer head (vibration) with generator, drive cable, 9 ft “Gin pole” with support, 5 ft (Ø3.5’’) steel tubes and plastic tubes for sample collection

Resource person

Jean-François Bernier
Pavilion Abitibi Price, 2405 De la Terrasse, Qc
418-656-2131
jean-francois.bernier.8@ulaval.ca

Description

Unit provides accurate position, heading, attitude, heave, and velocity data.

Resource person

Jean-François Bernier
Pavilion Abitibi Price, 2405 De la Terrasse, Qc
418-656-2131
jean-francois.bernier.8@ulaval.ca

Description

Reference collection made of nearly 300 current species of vascular plants and 40 species of nonvascular plants. The collection also includes fossilized plant parts.

Technical specifications

Allows identification of macrofossils by comparing them to current or fossilized seeds and plant parts

Resource person

Martin Lavoie
Pavillon Abitibi-Price, Université Laval, 2405 rue de la Terrasse, local 3107
(418) 656-2131 poste 2230
martin.lavoie@cen.ulaval.ca

Conditions of use

Managed by lab manager.

Description

Reference collection of pollen grains and spores of current North American species.

Technical specifications

Allows identification of macrofossils by comparing them to current or fossilized seeds and plant parts

Resource person

Martin Lavoie
Pavillon Abitibi-Price, Université Laval, 2405 rue de la Terrasse, local 3107
(418) 656-2131 poste 2230
martin.lavoie@cen.ulaval.ca

Conditions of use

Managed by lab manager.

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